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Korean idiom Make good use of one’s strength

고깃값을 하다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 고깃값을 하다
  • 고깃값을 하다

English rendering Make good use of one’s strength Literal translation: “Earn the price of one’s flesh”

Meaning 1

지니고 있는 힘이나 체격으로 제구실을 하다.

Perform one’s role using one’s strength or physique

Dictionary example 1

그 사람 힘 쓰는 것이 고깃값이나 하겠어?

Will that person’s strength be of any real use?
Meaning 2

억울하게 죽게 될 때 헛되이 죽지 않고 표적을 남길 만한 행동을 하다.

When facing an unjust death, act to leave a mark rather than die in vain

Dictionary example 1

고깃값은 하고 죽어야지 그냥 죽을 수 없다.

I must make my death count; I cannot simply die.

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“고깃값을 하다” — Make good use of one’s strength: Perform one’s role using one’s strength or physique
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